Sage-grouse meetings rescheduled

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has resumed its public meetings to discuss the Northwest Colorado Sage Grouse Environmental Impact Statement, after some of the previously scheduled meetings were impacted by the recent government shutdown.

Public meetings will take place from 4-7 p.m. at the following locations:

The draft EIS considers four possible management alternatives for maintaining and increasing habitat for greater sage-grouse on BLM and Routt National Forest lands in northwestern Colorado. The alternatives apply to federal lands and minerals only, not to private lands.